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        Backing up virtual machine files stored on a volume mounted via GUID

Section(s): Management
Published on Jun 24, 2009.
Last Modified on Jun 24, 2009.
Last Modified by Robert Larson.
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When attempting to backup VM files on a volume mounted via GUID on a failover cluster, the backup will fail. To resolve the issue you need a hotfix

If you attempt to store VM files on a volume that is mounted in a failover cluster with just a volume GUID reference and not a drive letter, the backup solution will fail because it cannot find the file reference due to incorrect metadata processing by the VMMS.exe service. There is a hotfix available to resolve this issue.

For more information and to obtain the hotfix, go to this site. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958184

About Robert Larson

Robert Larson is the co-author of the Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit, and the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource kit, both published by Microsoft Press. Robert has over 20 years experience in the engineering and IT field. Currently an architect with Microsoft Consulting Services, Robert focuses on helping customers design and deploy optimized data center and server infrastructures using physical and virtual approaches. Robert has been working with various virtualization technologies for over 4 years and is a regular speaker at Microsoft TechEd conferences in the US and Europe on the Microsoft virtualization stack. Robert has also written whitepapers and delivered webcasts on virtualization technologies. You can visit Robert's blog